At Microsoft (HQ) there are a million reasons why we love living in the Seattle area. If you are a job seeker (or if you are already interviewing with us) and are considering relocating to the Puget Sound area, here is a list from some “Microsofties” on why we love Seattle!
“Seattle is a world class city that offers a wealth of amenities”
“Can’t beat the coffee”
“A clean place to...
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My name is Mira and I’m a UX lead. I drive the prototyping and UX PM effort within the Design team on Bing. My team of developers and PMs help validate design and concepts through working prototypes. We also drive UX thinking on framework features across the Bing experience.
I’ve worked at Bing for 5 years (previously as Live Search) and have seen it evolve from a pure relevance-focused organization to one that recognizes great...
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Yes, really! My name is Carri and I am the Director of Sourcing Operations within the Data Center Services team here at Microsoft. I have been in the Seattle area for 15 years, working organizations with hard-core manufacturing and supply chain focus. When you think of supply chain, companies such as Starbucks, Amazon, Boeing, PACCAR, etc. all come to mind, but not usually Microsoft.
Wow! I was surprised when I...
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Hi, my name is Dave. I am based out of our Mountain View location and am a Group Manager in the Global Networking Services Implementation team within the Global Foundations Services organization.
Our team builds network infrastructure to ensure that BOS enterprise customers have the required capacity and bandwidth requirements to support new growth. The teams maintain responsibility for deploying to GNS architectural standards...
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I spoke with a candidate yesterday that was relocating to Seattle because his wife had accepted a job with Bing. He asked my advice on getting his job search started, which prompted me to share the advice with all of you. Here are 3 things that you can do that will put you ahead of the pack.
1. Brush up your resume.
Ideally you want to look for a job while you still have one. If you are...
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Steve Coast joined Microsoft in
November 2010 as a Principal Architect. Steve founded OpenStreetMap
in 2004 which is a free and open map of the world. He also co-founded
CloudMade in 2008 that monetizes the map as values moves upstream. Take a
look at Steve’s OpenStreetMap talk at Location Strategies San Jose 2011. http://www.stevecoast.com/talks.html
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I have been working as a user experience and visual designer for Bing since
October 2009. Over the past year and a half, I have gotten to help redefine the
visual look and feel of the product, as well as drive design for several
innovative new features. I see search as a very exciting area to work in because
of the opportunity that I have to organize and visualize the world’s information
in new, more meaningful ways. I think Bing design will...
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Hello job seekers! I hope you are off to a great start into the new decade. Now that 2011 has made its grand entrance and we are in a new year, have you thought about a new job? Here is an easy tip to help you prepare for your next interview!
Keep a “kudos” or “You Rock” folder on your computer. Yes, I’m serious! Every time your efforts result in something that gets special recognition from your manager or...
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My name is Diana and I am the Content Ads Product Manager in APS. Right now we are focused on Yahoo! migration and landing it successfully. It is a very interesting time to work in this division and I am excited by the huge opportunities for Content Ads in the next year. Before I joined full-time, I was a vendor with the same group and got to learn a lot about APS and Microsoft. From the start, I was impressed with...
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My name is Andrea and I’m a software developer on the Bing Index Server team. We own the platform that responds to searches on Bing. It’s our job to make as much of the web available as possible to people searching on Bing, makes those searches fast and reliable, and support a platform that supports continuous improvement to search results. I’d guess the index serve development team is about 50 people...
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